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when it comes to social security and tax law and visitation and adoption. as long as there are two classes of citizenship we have work to do. there is an urgency. this is a mission. it is not a gay mission or a straight mission. it is not a black mission or a white mission. this is the american mission. the lies of this battle are not demarcated on any map. they run from neighborhood and towns all over this nation. as long as there are children in pain in their own neighborhoods and communities, reluctant and fearful. as long as their are two people in love the stand before god and their fellow man but cannot declare themselves married just like their brothers and sisters. as long as this humiliation is heaped upon people who refused to be victims, and know they will be victors. we have work to do to get to that point. this is a call. i see this in new jersey. we are battling in that ranch. new jersey is a state line. i am a prisoner of hope. no person, no organization can stand in the way of this country as it marches toward freedom, opportunity, and equal
when it comes to social security and tax law and visitation and adoption. as long as there are two classes of citizenship we have work to do. there is an urgency. this is a mission. it is not a gay mission or a straight mission. it is not a black mission or a white mission. this is the american mission. the lies of this battle are not demarcated on any map. they run from neighborhood and towns all over this nation. as long as there are children in pain in their own neighborhoods and...
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that's why we passed this law. and i am proud of it. it was the right thing to do. and we are going to keep it. [applause] now, my opponent has a different view. the other night he said he would repeal obamacare as soon as he took office. don't boo. vote. vote. vote. but after he said that, then he backtracked and said no way, at least i'll make sure to cover folks with pre-existing conditions. and then i have explained, well, actually, your plan doesn't do that. and then his campaign had to come out and say, actually, that's not true or the plan wouldn't do that. so governor romney was fact checked by his own campaign. [laughter] that's rough. that's rough. [applause] even they know his plan would take away coverage for tens of millions of americans. governor romney said he'd get rid of planned parenthood funding. apparently this along with big bird is driving the deficits. [laughter] and he would have supported an extreme measure in massachusetts that would have outlawed some form of contraception. he joined the far right of his party to support a bill that would
that's why we passed this law. and i am proud of it. it was the right thing to do. and we are going to keep it. [applause] now, my opponent has a different view. the other night he said he would repeal obamacare as soon as he took office. don't boo. vote. vote. vote. but after he said that, then he backtracked and said no way, at least i'll make sure to cover folks with pre-existing conditions. and then i have explained, well, actually, your plan doesn't do that. and then his campaign had to...
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this current law is not going to do that. it will continue to drive up health-care costs and the cost of insurance premiums. >> you have 90 seconds. >> let me tell you why -- why i have dedicated my life to the idea that everyone should have access to decent health care. there's a woman in connecticut who has worked hard all her life and so has her husband. her husband was switching jobs and in between those two jobs, during the week he was unemployed, their son was diagnosed with cancer. when it would to get insurance on her husband's new plan, they would not provide for because he had a pre-existing condition. one week or two weeks of a lifetime and they didn't have insurance. they lost everything. they lost their house, their savings, they became destitute simply because an illness happened at the wrong time. there is no repeal and replace plan. republicans in washington have voted to repeal is built 33 times that have never offered a replacement. we'd to protect this bill and perfected going forward. matters for small bus
this current law is not going to do that. it will continue to drive up health-care costs and the cost of insurance premiums. >> you have 90 seconds. >> let me tell you why -- why i have dedicated my life to the idea that everyone should have access to decent health care. there's a woman in connecticut who has worked hard all her life and so has her husband. her husband was switching jobs and in between those two jobs, during the week he was unemployed, their son was diagnosed with...
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he is a fellow at the center for national security law at the university of virginia law school. he holds a bachelor's degree in government and history. a ph.d. in politics in international studies from cambridge university. he is the author of an upcoming book. most recently, he did field research in yemen, which he will be talking about today. he has served in the u.s. treasury department. thank you very much. we are pleased to have you, as well. without further ado, let me turn to peter bergen for his comments and insights. >> thank you for the introduction. i wanted to talk about the american foundation in terms of drones. [sirens] can everybody hear me? 2004 was really the first drone strike in pakistan, authorized by george w. bush. not a single drone strike has occurred outside the areas. that is one of the reasons i think he used the acquiescence in the strikes. i think there is acquiescence by the pakistan government. it would very quickly change if the drone strikes changed and other tribal regions. they are referred to as foreign area. constitutionally, the regions hav
he is a fellow at the center for national security law at the university of virginia law school. he holds a bachelor's degree in government and history. a ph.d. in politics in international studies from cambridge university. he is the author of an upcoming book. most recently, he did field research in yemen, which he will be talking about today. he has served in the u.s. treasury department. thank you very much. we are pleased to have you, as well. without further ado, let me turn to peter...
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there were people in law from conference rooms where they could get an internet connection. people working at starbucks where they could get an internet connection, people working at their kitchen tables around town. all of a sudden, around april 1 we start moving into our headquarters finally. this is six weeks away from the announcement or maybe even longer. just this big space, far bigger than this room, about three times the size of this room on the whole floor of a high-rise building in chicago. it was remarkable. we did not have everybody in yet, but we were still getting our servers up. we had phones ringing and people try to answer phones. we had e-mail coming into our e- mail address and did not even have a system to receive e-mail in a real way that. you that. we had mail coming in but we did not have a budget yet. we had constituency leaders calling our political department because they wanted to have time with the candidate. we had fund-raisers. we had to raise money with this little-known barack obama brand against what was really a mismatch against hillary clin
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everybody goes to delaware, because they've got very -- pretty loose laws when it comes to things like credit cards. and in that situation, what happens is, is that the protections you have, the consumer protections that you need, you're not going to have available to you. that is a fundamental difference that i have with senator mccain. he believes in deregulation in every circumstance. that's what we've been going through for the last eight years. it hasn't worked, and we need fundamental change. >> senator, we want to move on now. if we'd come back to the hall here. we're going to shift suspicion gears here a little bit and we're going to go to foreign policy and international matters, if we can... >> i don't believe that. did we hear the size of the fine? >> phil elliott is over here in this section, and phil elliott has a question for senator mccain. phil? >> yes, senator mccain, how will all the recent economic stress affect our nation's ability to act as a peacemaker in the world? >> well, i thank you for that question. because there's no doubt that history shows us that nations
everybody goes to delaware, because they've got very -- pretty loose laws when it comes to things like credit cards. and in that situation, what happens is, is that the protections you have, the consumer protections that you need, you're not going to have available to you. that is a fundamental difference that i have with senator mccain. he believes in deregulation in every circumstance. that's what we've been going through for the last eight years. it hasn't worked, and we need fundamental...
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they are law. we do not have to agree about them. we do not have to give anyone leverage to do that. we do not have to deal with insurance lobbyists. we are ready won. you give away closing the prescription donut hole. you'll give away pre-existing conditions. you give away, and children under age 26. you give away the fact that they cannot deny coverage simply because we get sick. you give away the right of women not to be treated as second-class citizens, as if they have a pre-existing condition. you would give away their right to contraceptives. you'll get all these benefits away so that you can make a political point against the president. that is not good for texas and is not good for the united states. it shows a real fundamental lack of understanding. obamacare -- your complaints about obamacare, you have this conspiracy theory about the president, and you did not like the process. the end result is good things for people, living, breathing people and children. do not give away our benefits so you can make a political point. >
they are law. we do not have to agree about them. we do not have to give anyone leverage to do that. we do not have to deal with insurance lobbyists. we are ready won. you give away closing the prescription donut hole. you'll give away pre-existing conditions. you give away, and children under age 26. you give away the fact that they cannot deny coverage simply because we get sick. you give away the right of women not to be treated as second-class citizens, as if they have a pre-existing...
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hopefully, you will stop using law enforcement. we now go to the very patient gentleman from tennessee. >> all americans mourn the loss of the four brave americans who died in benghazi. it is important that we put their sacrifice and a tragedy in context. serving america abroad is dangerous. every u.s. veteran knows that freedom is not free. our state department personnel know that, too. sometimes civilians forget. sometimes these terrible incidents -- sometimes we're focused on other things. i would like to read an honor roll of the fallen from a previous time. these men died as victims of terrorists. it was in a different time we had a great president, ronald reagan, who was known for his strength on national defense. i was only able to find the data base of the navy and marine victims. there are 56 dead, 46 wounded. a lot of us remember that as a peaceful time. it was not. sam novello, killed by turkish leftist, istanbul, turkey. marines wounded in a terrorist attack in costa rica. one u.s. embassy marine security guard wounded
hopefully, you will stop using law enforcement. we now go to the very patient gentleman from tennessee. >> all americans mourn the loss of the four brave americans who died in benghazi. it is important that we put their sacrifice and a tragedy in context. serving america abroad is dangerous. every u.s. veteran knows that freedom is not free. our state department personnel know that, too. sometimes civilians forget. sometimes these terrible incidents -- sometimes we're focused on other...
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university of michigan law school. we won the law school case. we lost the undergrad case. and i think at this point, it is -- and there have been more recent studies about how it is a disaster for black people. but mostly i think it's a disaster for america. at this point, i will say, -- >> why? >> you get past discrimination by not discriminating on the basis of race. that's the way to do it. i will say one of the things that conservatives have generally not liked about richard nixon was of course he was the first one to impose racial quotas, time lines, on the construction industry that was doing business with the government. and, you know, people, my generation and below, grew up in a world without separate water fountains, without democrats slyke bull connor or volsavis or george wallace. in our lifetimes and i might add the president's lifetime, the only -- the only effects of being black is that it is an advantage. you are more likely to get into harvard. you are more likely to get into a top law school. so it was easier to be against the time lines, the racial quota
university of michigan law school. we won the law school case. we lost the undergrad case. and i think at this point, it is -- and there have been more recent studies about how it is a disaster for black people. but mostly i think it's a disaster for america. at this point, i will say, -- >> why? >> you get past discrimination by not discriminating on the basis of race. that's the way to do it. i will say one of the things that conservatives have generally not liked about richard...
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i do like virginia's laws based on freedom and disclosure. and if there was more freedom, more of the contributions would come to the campaigns. what i would like to see in any ads that are run, whether run by candidates or independent groups, including the ones that are running negative ads that are false and misleading about me, is honesty. tim has brought up this issue of pay. and he's running these ads saying that, quote, he's setting a positive example by cutting his pay as governor. and he attacks the owner. attacked me today again on it. let me give you the truthful facts and you be the judge. as governor day one i returned 10% of my salary. all four years. mark warner followed up after me a few years later and cut his by 20%. what did tim do? he didn't cut his pay at all. when he came in, he could have found followed mark warner or my example but it was well into second year as governor he cut it by just 5%. so i was the one who actually set the positive example, tim, that you followed by you did do it half heartedly. and as far as in
i do like virginia's laws based on freedom and disclosure. and if there was more freedom, more of the contributions would come to the campaigns. what i would like to see in any ads that are run, whether run by candidates or independent groups, including the ones that are running negative ads that are false and misleading about me, is honesty. tim has brought up this issue of pay. and he's running these ads saying that, quote, he's setting a positive example by cutting his pay as governor. and...
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everybody goes to delaware, because they've got very -- pretty loose laws when it comes to things like credit cards. and in that situation, what happens is, is that the protections you have, the consumer protections that you need, you're not going to have available to you. that is a fundamental difference that i have with senator mccain. he believes in deregulation in every circumstance. that's what we've been going through for the last eight years. it hasn't worked, and we need fundamental change. >> senator, we want to move on now. if we'd come back to the hall here, we're going to shift gears here a little bit and we're going to go to foreign policy and international matters, if we can. >> i don't believe that -- did we hear the size of the fine? >> phil elliott is over here in this section, and phil elliott has a question for senator mccain. phil? >> yes. senator mccain, how will all the recent economic stress affect our nation's ability to act as a peacemaker in the world? >> well, i thank you for that question, because there's no doubt that history shows us that nations that are
everybody goes to delaware, because they've got very -- pretty loose laws when it comes to things like credit cards. and in that situation, what happens is, is that the protections you have, the consumer protections that you need, you're not going to have available to you. that is a fundamental difference that i have with senator mccain. he believes in deregulation in every circumstance. that's what we've been going through for the last eight years. it hasn't worked, and we need fundamental...
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i don't want the law to persede good law like we've got in texas. i think -- >> gernor, time is up, sir. >> jim, we have a direct disagreement on this. >> just a minute, mr. vice president. i want to -- the way the rules go here now, two minutes, two minutes, and then i'll decide whether we go on. okay. so what i want to make sure is we understand here is before we go on to another question in the health area, would you agree that you two agree on a national patient'bill of rights? >> absolutely not. i referred to the dingle- norwood bill. it is the bipartisan bill that is now pending in the congress. the hmos and the insurance companies support the other bill that's pending, the one that the republican majority has put forward. they like it because it doesn't accompli what i think really needs to be accomplished to give t decisions back to the doctors and nurses and give you a right of appeal to somebody other than the hmo or insurance company, let you go to the nearest emergency room without having to call an hmo before you call 911, to let you se
i don't want the law to persede good law like we've got in texas. i think -- >> gernor, time is up, sir. >> jim, we have a direct disagreement on this. >> just a minute, mr. vice president. i want to -- the way the rules go here now, two minutes, two minutes, and then i'll decide whether we go on. okay. so what i want to make sure is we understand here is before we go on to another question in the health area, would you agree that you two agree on a national patient'bill of...
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when you think about international law and the law of war, we have to think not about law as about a fundamental set of rules that can never be broken. we have to look at it as a series of lessons from previous generations who fought nasty wars. those lessons are avoid civilian casualties. help radicalize the indigenous population. use restraint. focus on proportionality. only the force you need to achieve your objective. know what objectives you want to achieve and do not go beyond that. we have an increase in the intensity in u.s. operations. we have a ship on target strike based on positive information, to so-called signature strikes. that may have worked pretty well in pakistan, where ethnic arabs have a tendency to stick out. in a place like yemen where ethnic arabs are coming back and reintegrating into their own tribal structures, the signature strike becomes problematic. drones are a tool. they allow us to extend our reach and reduce the cost of intervening. they do not change the need for having very clear intelligence. they do not change the need to understand a local socia
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i don't want the law to supersede good law like we've got in texas. i think -- >> governor, time is up, sir. >> jim, we have a direct disagreement on this. >> just a minute, mr. vice president. i want to -- the way the rules go here now, two minutes, two minutes, and then i'll decide whether we go on. okay. so what i want to make sure is we understand here is before we go on to another question in the health area, would you agree that you two agree on a national patient's bill of rights? >> absolutely not. i referred to the dingle- norwood bill. it is the bipartisan bill that is now pending in the congress. the hmos and the insurance companies support the other bill that's pending, the one that the republican majority has put forward. they like it because it doesn't accomplish what i think really needs to be accomplished to give the decisions back to the doctors and nurses and give you a right of appeal to somebody other than the hmo or insurance company, let you go to the nearest emergency room without having to call an hmo before you call 911, to le
i don't want the law to supersede good law like we've got in texas. i think -- >> governor, time is up, sir. >> jim, we have a direct disagreement on this. >> just a minute, mr. vice president. i want to -- the way the rules go here now, two minutes, two minutes, and then i'll decide whether we go on. okay. so what i want to make sure is we understand here is before we go on to another question in the health area, would you agree that you two agree on a national patient's bill...
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hopefully, you will stop using law enforcement. we now go to the very patient gentleman from tennessee. >> all americans mourn the loss of the four brave americans who died in benghazi. it is important that we put their sacrifice and a tragedy in context. serving america abroad is dangerous. every u.s. veteran knows that freedom is not free. our state department personnel know that, too. sometimes civilians forget. sometimes these terrible incidents -- sometimes we're focused on other things. i would like to read an honor roll of the fallen from a previous time. these men died as victims of terrorists. it was in a different time we had a great president, ronald reagan, who was known for his strength on national defense. i was only able to find the data base of the navy and marine victims. there are 56 dead, 46 wounded. a lot of us remember that as a peaceful time. it was not. sam novello, killed by turkish leftist, istanbul, turkey. marines wounded in a terrorist attack in costa rica. one u.s. embassy marine security guard wounded
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he is a professor of law and economics at yale law school. chairman ofhe aei's our council economic advisers. he was supposed to be coming down from the cornea -- la guardia and his plane got cancelled. aei was a hotbed of the regulatory research in the 1980's that lead to regulation. it looks like we have a lot of work to do still. but it is good to have george even if just on the phone. also turning us is jeff eisenach. -- joining us is jeff eisenach. he is an adjunct professor at the george mason university school of law and is visit -- and is a visiting scholar here at american enterprise institute. we are also joined by randal picker. he teaches antitrust law at the university of chicago law school. he is the co-author of game theory and the law. here is how we are going to proceed. greg will talk about 20 minutes or so about his paper. then we are going to hear from our discussion, starting with george. and then jeff and randty and greg will have little time to respond. the everyone to have a q&a at the end. -- then we want to have a q&
he is a professor of law and economics at yale law school. chairman ofhe aei's our council economic advisers. he was supposed to be coming down from the cornea -- la guardia and his plane got cancelled. aei was a hotbed of the regulatory research in the 1980's that lead to regulation. it looks like we have a lot of work to do still. but it is good to have george even if just on the phone. also turning us is jeff eisenach. -- joining us is jeff eisenach. he is an adjunct professor at the george...
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there is absolutely no purpose in the law and in reality for this amendment. there's nothing -- it's nothing but a political tool and it's being used in an effort to divide this country on an issue we should not be dividing america on. we ought to be talking about issues like healthcare and jobs and what's happening in iraq. not using an issue that divides this country in a way that's solely for political purposes. it's wrong. >> mr. vice president, you have 90 seconds. >> well, let me simply thank the senator for the kind words he said about my family and our daughter. i appreciate that very much. >> you're welcome. you're welcome. >> that's it? >> that's it. >> ok. then we'll move on to the next question. this one is for you, mr. vice president. george bush has derided john kerry for putting a trial lawyer on the ticket. you yourself have said that lawsuits are partly to blame for higher medical costs. are you willing to say that john edwards, sitting here, has been part of the problem? >> well, gwen. >> mr. vice president. >> first of all, i'm not familiar
there is absolutely no purpose in the law and in reality for this amendment. there's nothing -- it's nothing but a political tool and it's being used in an effort to divide this country on an issue we should not be dividing america on. we ought to be talking about issues like healthcare and jobs and what's happening in iraq. not using an issue that divides this country in a way that's solely for political purposes. it's wrong. >> mr. vice president, you have 90 seconds. >> well, let...
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what happens, they break the law and get away with it? the second thing is, these companies, these defense companies are suppose to send out notices to employees if there's a big event taking place within 60 days. yet the president tells them do not send those notices out. again, against the law but yet nobody calls him on it. why do we have them there in the first place? can the president say i will break the law and there's no ramification? host: robby mook. guest: look budgets should get passed and we got to figure out the sequestration. the problem is the tea party republicans who came to congress are drawing lines they won't cross and compromise. they refuse to put revenue on the table and they all signed a pledge for grover norquist. they will do anything for tax breaks for millionaires and oil companies and whole host of breaks for corporations. we will not solve this problem until tea party republicans can come to the table. guest: the democrats will only come to the table if they figure out someone to tax. the fact is, they have
what happens, they break the law and get away with it? the second thing is, these companies, these defense companies are suppose to send out notices to employees if there's a big event taking place within 60 days. yet the president tells them do not send those notices out. again, against the law but yet nobody calls him on it. why do we have them there in the first place? can the president say i will break the law and there's no ramification? host: robby mook. guest: look budgets should get...
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we cannot rely on the libyan government for security, intelligence, and law- enforcement help to identify emerging threats or to ask them for assistance in mitigating those threats. in benghazi, however, the government through the february 17 was able to provide as consistent help since the earliest days of the revolution. routine civil unrest, militia on militia violence, in general lawlessness, and motor vehicle accidents were the primary threats facing our mission and personal during my time in libya. as colonel wood noted, in the spring of 2012, we noted an increasing number of attacks and incidents which appeared to target for an affiliated organizations. in response to these incidents, we implemented a number of changes to our security posture. designed to mitigate those threats and disrupt any planning by would-be attackers. those efforts include reviewing and practicing our emergency preparedness drills, most important, we reiterated our request at all levels of government for a consistent armed host nation security force to support the mission. we also requested security staffing
we cannot rely on the libyan government for security, intelligence, and law- enforcement help to identify emerging threats or to ask them for assistance in mitigating those threats. in benghazi, however, the government through the february 17 was able to provide as consistent help since the earliest days of the revolution. routine civil unrest, militia on militia violence, in general lawlessness, and motor vehicle accidents were the primary threats facing our mission and personal during my time...
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when you think about international law and the law of war, we have to think not about law as about a fundamental set of rules that can never be broken. we have to look at it as a series of lessons from previous generations who fought nasty wars. those lessons are avoid civilian casualties. help radicalize the indigenous population. use restraint. focus on proportionality. only the force you need to achieve your objective. know what objectives you want to achieve and do not go beyond that. we have an increase in the intensity in u.s. operations. we have a ship on target strike based on positive information, to so-called signature strikes. that may have worked pretty well in pakistan, where ethnic arabs have a tendency to stick out. in a place like yemen where ethnic arabs are coming back and reintegrating into their own tribal structures, the signature strike becomes problematic. drones are a tool. they allow us to extend our reach and reduce the cost of intervening. they do not change the need for having very clear intelligence. they do not change the need to understand a local socia
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at what point is there a law of diminishing returns? guest: if your campaign has the money, you cannot go quiet. i think he would be at a disadvantage, if they go dark. more importantly, to answer the question, the vote in ohio is today, this week. these candidates are doing everything that they can, restructuring to some degree. mitt romney and the president talking directly to the camera, making their appeal. i think that dan is right. this is one of five states in the country where, commercial after commercial, candidates have a presence. this is key to their strategy. host: coming after just one debate, there are two more scheduled. is it a good idea to have early voting when this race could change for the president or for mitt romney? guest: personally, i think it is a good idea to have early voting. it is important to provide that for the convenience of the voters. the jury is still out to the extent as to if early voting increases turned out, but what we have seen across the country in recent decades and recent years is a sharp u
at what point is there a law of diminishing returns? guest: if your campaign has the money, you cannot go quiet. i think he would be at a disadvantage, if they go dark. more importantly, to answer the question, the vote in ohio is today, this week. these candidates are doing everything that they can, restructuring to some degree. mitt romney and the president talking directly to the camera, making their appeal. i think that dan is right. this is one of five states in the country where,...
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lani guinier, the professor of law at the harvard school of law. richard sander, a law professor and economist at the university of california at los angeles. and you have already met richard kahlenberg of the century foundation. please welcome our panelists. [applause] by way of getting us started, i am going to ask each of our panelists, if they will react to rick's presentation and the information contained in his report as a way of getting started for our conversation. we will start with mr. connerly. >> thank you for inviting me. i was very impressed by the report, as well as your presentation. i recall very distinctly when i graduated from college in 1962 -- the anxiety that i had about entering the work force, wondering whether i would be given a fair chance to apply and be hired. a year later, affirmative action came along and the anxiety that i had was quieted substantially because i thought that i would get that fair chance. that same anxiety is there today for a large number of students to sense the demise of race-based affirmative actio
lani guinier, the professor of law at the harvard school of law. richard sander, a law professor and economist at the university of california at los angeles. and you have already met richard kahlenberg of the century foundation. please welcome our panelists. [applause] by way of getting us started, i am going to ask each of our panelists, if they will react to rick's presentation and the information contained in his report as a way of getting started for our conversation. we will start with...
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it is a violation of international law. congress did not support it and as a matter of fact, just the week congress voted to cut off aid to nicaragua unless and until a request is made and there is evidence of need for it and the congress aproves it again in march. so the covert activities which i oppose in nicaragua, those c.i.a. activities in that specific country are not supported by the congress and not supported by the majority of people throughout this country. >> vice president bush. >> well, i would like to make the distinction again between those countries that are searching for democracy and the handful of countries that have totally violated human rights and going the other route. or tagega, the nicaragua san dan niece tass is in devoud -- they don't believe in all the values that we believe in. so it is our policy to support the democracies there and when you have freedom fight thears want to perfect that revolution and go the democratic route, we believe in giving them support. we are for negotiation, three dol
it is a violation of international law. congress did not support it and as a matter of fact, just the week congress voted to cut off aid to nicaragua unless and until a request is made and there is evidence of need for it and the congress aproves it again in march. so the covert activities which i oppose in nicaragua, those c.i.a. activities in that specific country are not supported by the congress and not supported by the majority of people throughout this country. >> vice president...
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had judge borke been a justice, i suppose he would not have supported many important laws that i like, including roe v. wade. that's why i was the first chairman of the judiciary committee to forthrightly state that it matters what your judiciary process is. i did change on that, and i'm glad i did. >> governor, there have been times as mayor and governor there were bills that i did not veto. those could be considered issues that i quisi caved in on, if you will, in order to work with the legislative body. that body actually holds the purse strings. there were times when i wanted to zero base budget and cut taxes even more, and i cannot have enough support in order to accomplish that. but on the major principle things, no, there hasn't been something that i have had to compromise on, because we have always seemed to find a way to work together. up in lass lass we have worked together not caring who gets the credit for what as we accomplish things up there. that's just been a part of the operation that i wanted to participate in, and that's what we're going to do in washington, d.c. al
had judge borke been a justice, i suppose he would not have supported many important laws that i like, including roe v. wade. that's why i was the first chairman of the judiciary committee to forthrightly state that it matters what your judiciary process is. i did change on that, and i'm glad i did. >> governor, there have been times as mayor and governor there were bills that i did not veto. those could be considered issues that i quisi caved in on, if you will, in order to work with the...
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we sat back and let it become law and pushed the thing through. instead of doing what is right for west virginia, we did what is right for you and obama. >> what is your point? >> we need to repeal obamacare. this is something like your cap- and-trade that should not have been done. you can say whatever you want, but this is what you dead. >> half the states passed the same thing. nothing has gone through. >> you were the second in the nation. inor legislature's starts january every year. -- our legislature starts in january every year. >> the question on medicaid post-obamacare -- >> we need to make people more independent, not dependent. that is something -- we need to make people have the opportunities to get ahead. did not force them into poverty. i do not think that is a good idea. >> we're trying to get answers on what our options are. we have not been able to get those answers. >> is this a politically tough question to answer prior to the election? >> i do not think so. it is a good government decision to make. before you make a decision,
we sat back and let it become law and pushed the thing through. instead of doing what is right for west virginia, we did what is right for you and obama. >> what is your point? >> we need to repeal obamacare. this is something like your cap- and-trade that should not have been done. you can say whatever you want, but this is what you dead. >> half the states passed the same thing. nothing has gone through. >> you were the second in the nation. inor legislature's starts...
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there are other new taxes as part of the health care law. upper income households will be paid, again, folks in the $250 ,000 grange, -- range, on the next dollar they earn, they will face a slightly higher, but i think it is a 0.9% tax. there are new taxes. as far as the pipeline, that is something the obama administration will revisit after the election. they cut off the decision, and that is something president obama said they would look at that again. host: john in north carolina tweets in, extend the mall, or repeal the mall. we cannot continue to always tax the other guy. here's a question from twitter. we will lobbyist be present during this sequence -- secret meeting. guest: it is a very good question can i do not know who is on tap today, but i do know that the gang has a lot of friends and allies and freelance members of the senate that come in and come out of meetings enjoying immense sum of these discussions. -- and joined in on some of these discussions. there have been meetings with stakeholders. i do not know if you would call
there are other new taxes as part of the health care law. upper income households will be paid, again, folks in the $250 ,000 grange, -- range, on the next dollar they earn, they will face a slightly higher, but i think it is a 0.9% tax. there are new taxes. as far as the pipeline, that is something the obama administration will revisit after the election. they cut off the decision, and that is something president obama said they would look at that again. host: john in north carolina tweets in,...
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but it's the same law it's the same law that lets you invite high priced lobbyists down to williamsburg. and bring them down there and entertain them playing golf, playing tennis, and bringing republican senators down there, to have exchanged for that contributions to their campaign. it's the same kind of law that lets you have honorariums and you've collected over a quarter of a million dollars of honorariums now, speaking to various interest groups. and there's no control over what you do with that money. you can spend it on anything you want to. you can spent it on golf club dues, if you want to do that. [applause] >> now, that's what i've seen you do in this administration. and that's why we need campaign reform laws, and why i support them. and you in turn have voted against them time and time again. [applause] >> john margolis, question for senator quayle. >> senator quayle, in recent years the reagan administration has scaled back the activities of the occupational safety and health administration, prompted in part by vice president bush's task force on regulatory relief. the bud
but it's the same law it's the same law that lets you invite high priced lobbyists down to williamsburg. and bring them down there and entertain them playing golf, playing tennis, and bringing republican senators down there, to have exchanged for that contributions to their campaign. it's the same kind of law that lets you have honorariums and you've collected over a quarter of a million dollars of honorariums now, speaking to various interest groups. and there's no control over what you do...
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i have a tremendous amount of respect for the rule of law. i disagreed on the affordable care act and the decision made there, but i still respect the law. i don't think i am in a position to say who i don't think ought to be on that score. i think it is not very respectful, but i would like to see our own governor be a supreme court justice. i think he would be an incredible supreme court justice. >> will support the rule of law and the constitution, and we look during the hearings of the supreme court nominees, who would best stand-up and support the constitution of the united states. that is exactly what i will do, it's what i would have done if i had been in the united states said that before this and it is what i continue to do if i am lucky enough to win this election. dodge you voted twice for the paul ryan budget. it would have emanated the current system of medicare for those 55 years and younger. how you explain that in 10 years, he or she is going to have to come up with an additional $6,400 a year to pay for health care that he or
i have a tremendous amount of respect for the rule of law. i disagreed on the affordable care act and the decision made there, but i still respect the law. i don't think i am in a position to say who i don't think ought to be on that score. i think it is not very respectful, but i would like to see our own governor be a supreme court justice. i think he would be an incredible supreme court justice. >> will support the rule of law and the constitution, and we look during the hearings of...
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there are a laws in place that ensure these military volt are -- votes are counted. i have confidence that they will be counted. host: michael in stamford, connecticut, independent caller, you're on the air. caller: good morning. i want to talk about the recovery and whoever gets elected are going to have to start the recovery getting better. it sort of like everybody agrees that recovery is going on but it's not good enough. but we're recovering. what are we recovering from? it seems like we're recovering from the republicans and tagging over and not doing anything or getting in the way of everything. i think if we reelect more republicans, it will be like a relapse and we will be right back in the same old boat. they run around like crazy fret, drunken students these republicans. guest: listen, we definitely need to create jobs, grow the economy. the fact is this president has failed at that. there's a reason why they put the republicans in the house. what we've been able to do is stem the spending that's been happening under the democrats. we've started that job o
there are a laws in place that ensure these military volt are -- votes are counted. i have confidence that they will be counted. host: michael in stamford, connecticut, independent caller, you're on the air. caller: good morning. i want to talk about the recovery and whoever gets elected are going to have to start the recovery getting better. it sort of like everybody agrees that recovery is going on but it's not good enough. but we're recovering. what are we recovering from? it seems like...
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arizona tries to enforce their immigration laws and the u.s. government and is up suing them because of it. i think it's obvious that obama opposes any immigration laws and it helps the democratic party. this gentleman makes a good case for that. as for the traditional values, obama and his ilk believe they are against basically what i grew up with over the years. i think the lady was correct. thank you. host: leonard steinhorn, dot let's be clear about what you're talking about in this headline. "you are not a citizen, but you still might help the election." are you talking about non- citizens casting votes? guest: election fraud is a non- issue. this is not something that is relevant. all of the stat's going after election fraud in many ways, they're doing that to suppress the vote of certain people they do not one voting. one big irony is florida, going through a statewide persia, -- purge, they're benefiting from having non-citizens in their state. it's ironic that they are benefiting from them when they're trying to encourage -- remove the
arizona tries to enforce their immigration laws and the u.s. government and is up suing them because of it. i think it's obvious that obama opposes any immigration laws and it helps the democratic party. this gentleman makes a good case for that. as for the traditional values, obama and his ilk believe they are against basically what i grew up with over the years. i think the lady was correct. thank you. host: leonard steinhorn, dot let's be clear about what you're talking about in this...
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i started off my law firm in 2007 and i employ 11 full-time people at my firm. i know what it is like to run a small business. we have strayed far from the principles of limited government. our government taxes and spends out of control and our civil liberties are constantly under attack. we can fix it, but we need to get government back into its cage. >> our final opening statement is from jeff flake. >> good to be here. two days ago, cheryl and i received a wonderful phone call from my son ryan and forming as we are grandparents. aidan was born into a wonderful family, but he was born into $50,000 of debt. his share of the federal debt we all hold. that is why the stakes in this election are so high. we have to have somebody who understands fiscal discipline. that has been my record in the house of representatives, where i fought my own leadership on issues like earmarks. they punish me for it, but i kept at it and we do not have earmarks any more. that is the kind of attitude i will take to the united states senate. my opponent have a great rÉsume. but a gre
i started off my law firm in 2007 and i employ 11 full-time people at my firm. i know what it is like to run a small business. we have strayed far from the principles of limited government. our government taxes and spends out of control and our civil liberties are constantly under attack. we can fix it, but we need to get government back into its cage. >> our final opening statement is from jeff flake. >> good to be here. two days ago, cheryl and i received a wonderful phone call...
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lower marginal value and the passport office and the rest, the drug war, militarization of federal law enforcement, why does the food and drug administration have a swat team? i have not gotten a straight answer to that question. i have asked it many times. the destructiveness of the entitlement programs. to give one example, people argue with a small tweak to the indexing formula for social security we could make it solvent for the next 80 years. true enough. that does not do anything about the economic damage caused by the social security system causing people to save bless. steve -- i think steve fuller is slipping without thinking about it too carefully, as i interpret joined washington monument game, which is dangerous. let me to return, steve fuller, to my current example. if crime rates fall and there is a reduction in the size of the market for private security services, and there is a short- term unemployment among those who otherwise would have provided private security services, tell us why that is a problem. please. >> he will do that in response to another question. thank
lower marginal value and the passport office and the rest, the drug war, militarization of federal law enforcement, why does the food and drug administration have a swat team? i have not gotten a straight answer to that question. i have asked it many times. the destructiveness of the entitlement programs. to give one example, people argue with a small tweak to the indexing formula for social security we could make it solvent for the next 80 years. true enough. that does not do anything about...